An Introductory Discourse Delivered Before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, on the Fourth of May, 1814David Longworth, 1815 - 148 Seiten |
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... nature must press upon our sensibility with redoubled force , when we reflect upon the accusations which are brought against our country by the literati of Europe . The celebrated Buffon has declared that , in 1 America , animated ...
... nature must press upon our sensibility with redoubled force , when we reflect upon the accusations which are brought against our country by the literati of Europe . The celebrated Buffon has declared that , in 1 America , animated ...
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... nature was not only less prolific in the new world , but she appears likewise to have been less vigorous in her productions . ” Need we add to this the obloquy which has been cast upon our country by the herd of tourists and travellers ...
... nature was not only less prolific in the new world , but she appears likewise to have been less vigorous in her productions . ” Need we add to this the obloquy which has been cast upon our country by the herd of tourists and travellers ...
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... nature of provincial government which tends to engender faction , and to prevent the expansion of intellect . It inevitably creates two distinct interests ; one regarding the colony as sub- servient in every respect to the mother ...
... nature of provincial government which tends to engender faction , and to prevent the expansion of intellect . It inevitably creates two distinct interests ; one regarding the colony as sub- servient in every respect to the mother ...
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... nature . To be honoured when living - to be venerated when dead - is the parent source of those writings which have illuminated - of those actions which have benefited and dazzled mankind . All that poetry has created , that philo ...
... nature . To be honoured when living - to be venerated when dead - is the parent source of those writings which have illuminated - of those actions which have benefited and dazzled mankind . All that poetry has created , that philo ...
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... nature . What would have become of the sublime work of Milton , if he had written for the fifteen pounds which he received from the bookseller ; and where would have been the writings of Bacon , if he had not aspired to immortal fame ...
... nature . What would have become of the sublime work of Milton , if he had written for the fifteen pounds which he received from the bookseller ; and where would have been the writings of Bacon , if he had not aspired to immortal fame ...
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